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Wright, the Boston manager, made a heroic attempt to run up a score, but Spalding's excellent pitching made It Impossible for the Beaneaters to win. As a result, we beat them, and this made them sorer than ever over the purloining of the "Big Four." I don't remember that I did anything sensational on that occasion. If I did it failed to get Into my diary.
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